Special Issue on
Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

to be published at the
Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
(https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000)
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Guest Editors:
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• Ana Isabel Veloso, University of Aveiro, Portugal

• Liliana Costa, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Important dates:
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• Deadline: June 6, 2022 (extended)
• Notification to the authors: July 25, 2022
• Camera ready paper: August 31, 2022
• Publication of the special issue: first half of September, 2022
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Overview
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The guest editors are proud to invite and welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners to discuss the design, development, and evaluation of digitally mediated products for active ageing, senior's citizen sense of belonging and perceived wellbeing.The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely challenging to address several research contexts and suddenly the “Online Social Environments for Active Ageing” were started to be perceived somewhat as the "new" environment.

Three big factors contribute – processual, social, individual – to determine the technological environments evolution and its relationship with the active aging. For sure the pandemic has generated a higher awareness about their potential, and it is likely that they will no longer be the same after the pandemic. Papers that report work that nurtures a post-pandemic view, namely, case studies, reviews and methodological proposals; pandemics/social confinement/ COVID-19; the socio-techno-ethical dimensions associated to the adopted digitally mediated strategies to overpass the boundaries of social distancing measures; digital policy strategies for active aging; impact of entrepreneur experiences are especially welcome.

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Topics of Interest
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Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing, Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing and Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing. All of which, can also include studies that nurtures a post-pandemic view and strategy for a better Active Ageing.

- Theory on Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Information and Digital Literacy
Use or Non-use of Socio-Gerontechnology
Acceptance and Use of Technology
Intergenerational Differences in Uses and Gratifications
Physio-, Psycho- and Social Digitally-mediated Approaches to Active Ageing
Ethics assessment in the use of digitally-mediated interventions for active ageing

- Design and Development of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Designing Online Communities for Active Ageing
CoDesign and Community Centred Design Approaches
Accessibility tools and features
Experience Design for Active Ageing
Media Design Kits in Active Aging and Wellness
Development of Digital Services for Active Ageing

- Evaluation Methods of Online Social Environments for Active Ageing

Process evaluation of digitally-mediated interventions
Prototype evaluation (Information, Interaction and Visuals)
Impact evaluation and Measure of Behaviour Changes
Social and ICT Usage Metrics
Scale Development and Validation

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Submission guidelines and procedure
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All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication.
The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.
All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines
->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7

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Authors' guidelines
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Submission page: link
(Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section:
“Online Social Environments for Active Ageing")

More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics
of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal
where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors,
publication ethics and malpractice are published.

For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific editor marking the subject as:
"Online Social Environments for Active Ageing"

• aiv [at] ua [dot] pt
• carlossantos [at] ua [dot] pt
• sonia [dot] ferreira [at] esev [dot] ipv [dot] pt